advanced poll install error

I get the following message when I try to install advanced poll (mysql version) by running install.php.

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_connect() in /var/www/html/poll/install.php on line 666

looking at line 666 in install.php shows the following:

$serverid = mysql_connect($POLLDB["host"], $POLLDB["user"], $POLLDB["pass"]) or poll_error_msg("Cannot connect to mysql database");

I've set the config.inc.php file to:

$POLLDB["dbName"] = "poll";
$POLLDB["host"] = "localhost";
$POLLDB["user"] = "myusername";
$POLLDB["pass"] = "XXXXXX";
$POLLDB["class"] = "class_mysql.php";

I'm new to both php and mysql. The mysql server is running and it responds fine to "mysqladmin version". I've setup a user on the mysql server with the same username and password I entered in the config.inc.php file.

Any suggestions on why I'm getting this error would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

Ranken

Anonymous wrote:I get the following message when I try to install advanced poll (mysql version) by running install.php.

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_connect() in /var/www/html/poll/install.php on line 666

looking at line 666 in install.php shows the following:

$serverid = mysql_connect($POLLDB["host"], $POLLDB["user"], $POLLDB["pass"]) or poll_error_msg("Cannot connect to mysql database");

I've set the config.inc.php file to:

$POLLDB["dbName"] = "poll";
$POLLDB["host"] = "localhost";
$POLLDB["user"] = "myusername";
$POLLDB["pass"] = "XXXXXX";
$POLLDB["class"] = "class_mysql.php";

I'm new to both php and mysql. The mysql server is running and it responds fine to "mysqladmin version". I've setup a user on the mysql server with the same username and password I entered in the config.inc.php file.

Any suggestions on why I'm getting this error would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

Ranken

Sounds like you don't have your MySQL database setup. You did set that up right?

Make sure the user you created is setup properly, consult your host on this.
Also the host may be root rather than localhost again this is someting only your host can tell you.

As they offer MySQL they should of given info on how to create a user or created one for you and told you what the host name is.

Auron